Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 5086A

Persimmon PLC

01 August 2008

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

Persimmon plc

2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	X
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights
Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:	Prudential plc group of companies
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):	See schedule below
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	30 July 2008
6. Date on which issuer notified:	31 July 2008
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	See item 13

8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB0006825383	15,323,739	15,323,739	15,218,939	15,218,939		5.07%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
15,218,939	5.07%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Prudential plc (parent Company) M&G Group Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) M&G Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Group Limited) M&G Investment Management Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of M&G Limited) The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc)

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:	N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:	N/A

13. Additional information:	The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential plc) has dropped below 4% triggering this notification.
14 Contact name:	Dipesh Varsani M&G Investment Management Limited
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7548 3261

Notifiable Position Report for PERSIMMON ORD GBP0.10
as at 30 JULY 2008

Percentage holdings are calculated using an issued share capital of 300,073,932 ORD GBP0.10 shares

	Registered Holder	Holding	%
Prudential plc		15,218,939	5.07	Total Notifiable  Interest
	JP MORGAN NOMINEES	137,700
	M&G EURO STRATEGIC VALUE FUND	22,508
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	45,294
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHA01	150,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	300,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	64,717
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKD01	400,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	27,256
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C CRI01	1,200,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVA01	30,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUF01	56,683
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01	8,775
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01	691,484
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	11,649,537
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	292,108
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) EQBF AC	18,254
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) MNBF AC	24,115
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PENE AC	100,508
M&G Group Limited		15,081,239	5.02
	M&G EURO STRATEGIC VALUE FUND	22,508
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	45,294
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHA01	150,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	300,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	64,717
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKD01	400,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	27,256
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C CRI01	1,200,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVA01	30,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUF01	56,683
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01	8,775
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01	691,484
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	11,649,537
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	292,108
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) EQBF AC	18,254
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) MNBF AC	24,115
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PENE AC	100,508
M&G Investment Management Limited		15,016,522	5.00
	M&G EURO STRATEGIC VALUE FUND	22,508
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	45,294
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHA01	150,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	300,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKD01	400,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	27,256
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C CRI01	1,200,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVA01	30,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUF01	56,683
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01	8,775
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01	691,484
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	11,649,537
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	292,108
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) EQBF AC	18,254
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) MNBF AC	24,115
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PENE AC	100,508
M&G Limited		15,081,239	5.02
	M&G EURO STRATEGIC VALUE FUND	22,508
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	45,294
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHA01	150,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHE01	300,000
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MHF01	64,717
	NORTRUST NOMINEE LTD A/C MKD01	400,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD	27,256
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C CRI01	1,200,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C MVA01	30,000
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUF01	56,683
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUI01	8,775
	NORTRUST NOMS LTD A/C PUR01	691,484
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	11,649,537
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	292,108
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) EQBF AC	18,254
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) MNBF AC	24,115
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PENE AC	100,508
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited		11,986,939	3.99
	MAGIM HSBC GIS NOM(UK) SALI	45,294
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PAC AC	11,649,537
	PRUCLT HSBC GIS NOM(UK) PPL AC	292,108

 

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 

 

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